You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Halliburton from Morganton, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Halliburton is requesting
Fully Funded

Mrs. Halliburton's classroom raised $190

Man That's Dope...Dope Sick

My students need 15 copies of "Dope Sick".

Classroom photo
Mrs. Halliburton Walter R Johnson Middle School
Morganton, NC Grades 6-8

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are not avid readers. They do not generally pick up books and read. However, after reading the book Monster, by Myers, they were so interested in the stories books could tell. Imagine creating that feeling all over again for middle school students as they connect with the characters so vividly.

My students are 6-8 grade students in middle school, ranging from 11-16 years old.

Most of my students are minorities, most are of free and reduced lunch, and all have a behavioral or emotional disorder. All of my students are in a behavior self-contained classroom, meaning they spend 6 hours a day with me and receive all of the academics with me in the same classroom. Historically, they have failed in school, at home and sometimes they feel like they have failed at life. Most of my students are on or have been on probation. Many have been to detention centers, some to jail. They know how hard life can be, and often they have learned that on their own, as few of them have supportive parents. School is their only chance at changing their lives. However, because of their special needs, conventional learning is not an option. School has to be fun, exciting and most importantly inviting. I have to get them interested before they can ever decide to change.

My Project

By providing the book Dope Sick, you would provide me a chance to teach a book that they are interested in and can relate to. Dope Sick is a book about a 17 year old who has become wrapped up in a drug deal gone bad. He is facing the decisions that he has made. The book would provide so many chances for the students to accomplish a myriad of learning. They would be reading, something that is often a challenge to get them to do. They would be interested and invested in a character they can relate to. I would have a chance to help them explore much of the baggage that they live with on a daily basis. Finally, this book would give me the most awesome opportunity to help them compare the life of drugs to that of education. They desperately need characters that they can relate to and learn from. Please consider donating this book. My students desperately need to look into the mirror and see the choices that they are making, this book may be the best chance I have for some of them.

Please consider donating this book to my class to help students see the choices that they are making and how it truly effects an entire lifetime.

These students are at such a pivotal point in their lives. For some, if they do not change now, they will never make a change. Please donate this book for our class, the idea of someone giving to them is so rare, that your generosity in and of itself could positively impact them. Please take this opportunity to positively impact these students.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

15 students impacted 2 donors
Mrs. Halliburton Walter R Johnson Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Morganton, NC View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

15 students impacted 2donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Halliburton is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dope Sick Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $7.68 15 $115.20

Materials cost

$115.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$160.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.40

Total project goal

$189.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $189.32

1 Donor

-$97.00

Donations toward project cost

-$82.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.55

match offer

-$92.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.85

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Halliburton and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NC","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/man-thats-dopedope-sick/416553/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":15,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Halliburton","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1775610198","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Morganton","teachersOnPage":[108826],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":416553,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":1316,"schoolName":"Walter R Johnson Middle School","authorIds":{"108826":{"owner":"Mrs. Halliburton","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[416553],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":80746,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NTU0MDM5","NjI1MDY4"],"teacherId":108826,"schoolCounty":"Burke","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NC","name":"North Carolina"}}